Extended Trailer | The Codebreaker | American Experience
Preview: Season 33 Episode 1 | 1m 25s
The fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst.
The Codebreaker reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison in the 1920s and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII.
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Extended Trailer | The Codebreaker | American Experience
Preview: Season 33 Episode 1 | 1m 25s
The Codebreaker reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison in the 1920s and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII.
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The fascinating story of the groundbreaking cryptanalyst, Elizebeth Smith Friedman. (30s)
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